TripAdvisor Reviews Jinjiang Inn (Changsha Helong Stadium)

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... no problems. Of course, the fact that English is the second language in Hong Kong behind Cantonese helped since all the signs in the train station were also in English. So we had a leisurely ride to Guangzhou on a nice train, and saw a little of the countryside.

Two hours later we arrived at the Guangzhou East train station, and were very happy to meet Jenny, our Chinese guide for the next few days. ...

Despite regularly sweating buckets, life continues to whiz by. As I write this blog, I am being reminded of something I was told about my year here whilst I was "training" in Beijing, "Your lives here will be like rivers meandering up and down between euphoria and misery". We were shown a graph with key points marked out depicting how we might be feeling at that point in time. As I recall from the graph, right ...

... assistance. At first we didn't see a problem with it and accepted but within hours, the event was being publicized on their website that it was their event.

And so the day of the hash arrived. That morning I arranged to meet with "Monkey", a "Hasher" from the other group who offered to help me lay the route. I told him what I had planned (or tried to considering that he didn't speak any English) but he completely disregarded it and started of on his ...

... one quickly afterwards, it's not who I am and completely against my principles and what I believe in. It's a very easy thing to say but she is nothing like any Chinese girl I have ever met. Considering who I have met so far, Chinese girls have a habit of giggling and shy about the smallest of things, such as hand holding. This is partly because most girls in China follow traditional values and not being interested in the opposite sex until they are much older. A stark contrast from ...

... both Chinese) chose to ignore it completely and mark everyone between 8 and 10 out of 10. Their reason was that the students need encouragement and should not be marked down. Even though I went along with it I completely disagreed with them, If a child did not perform very well, it would be unfair to give them the same mark as a student who worked very hard to produce something really good not to mention they would get a rude shock in the future. And so I established myself ...